diff --git a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
index 15be8460..e0a3e3e4 100644
--- a/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
+++ b/lib/puppetlabs_spec_helper/rake_tasks.rb
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@
 if Puppet.version.to_f < 4.0
   PuppetSyntax.exclude_paths << 'types/**/*'
 end
-PuppetSyntax.future_parser = true if ENV['FUTURE_PARSER'] == 'yes'
 
 desc 'Check syntax of Ruby files and call :syntax and :metadata_lint'
 task :validate do